eldertongue

Old English · noun

facn

Normalised fācn

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/fɑːkn/
Syllables
fɑːkn (1 syllable)
Modern English
deceitguilemalicetreacheryfraud

Meaning

  1. deceit, fraud, guile

  2. treachery

  3. malice, wickedness, evil

  4. crime

Declension

Declension of facn
SingularPlural
Nominative fācnfācnu
Accusative fācnfācnu
Genitive fācnesfācna
Dative fācnefācnum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faikn, from Proto-Germanic *faikną.

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